Doing research in a ‘conflict zone’: history writing and archival (im) possibilities in Jammu and Kashmir

Faheem, Farrukh

doi:10.1080/1070289x.2020.1738099

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“…Looking at the lived experiences of people inside Kashmir offers a far more convincing account of events than the documented official archives, which often serve the interests of those in power. Faheem (2020) illustrates this situation as: To understand the protest and contestations of the past in a conﬂict zone, researchers often use key informant interviews to complement archival research or to substitute it in case of insufficient documentary sources. The possibility of locating personal archives is to a large extent a by-product of the political activism of the individuals and also of pressing political need.…”

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Behind the Popular Narrative: Negotiating Life and Political Engagement in Conflicted Kashmir

Dar

2021

Studies in Indian Politics

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The article focuses on the subaltern system of micro appropriations or Jugaads used by young Kashmiris to survive within precarious situations inflicted due to armed conflict. More particularly, it argues that such Jugaads are invoked by the subaltern consciousness of Tehreeq-e-Azadi, which offers space for not just the negotiation with the state but also the creative improvisation of daily political actions. It is illustrated that young people’s political participation is entangled with the attempts to overcome the uncertainty around their lives, thereby offering them pragmatic solutions in advancing their interests. It is further elaborated that the existing polarization between separatism and mainstream is obscure at the experiential level, living within precarious situations has taught young people to silently craft possibilities of a good life without looking confrontational to either side. The article argues that localized forms of engagement are crucial for a comprehensive understanding of how modern states operate.

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Behind the Popular Narrative: Negotiating Life and Political Engagement in Conflicted Kashmir

Dar

2021

Studies in Indian Politics

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“…Even as we read, observe and understand Kashmir from a conflict zone perspective (Faheem, 2020), there is a need to create a marked distinction in the understanding of the region and its people from a perspective that assesses the layered impact of an overwhelmingly securitized state on the most vulnerable communities of the state, especially its women (Sikander, 2012). This perspective is even more significantly underscored following the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.…”

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Multilayered Consequences in a Turmoil Zone: A Study of Lived Experiences of Women in Jammu and Kashmir

Sarvesh

2021

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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Kashmir in the popular imagination is seen through the lens of excessively securitized and state-centric narratives that cast a shadow over the struggles of everyday life in Kashmir. An overriding climate of conflict, natural disasters, untimely snowfall and loss of tourism (one of the mainstays of Kashmir’s economy) have phenomenally shrunk people’s choices. Weak state institutions have induced a feeling of alienation among the Kashmiri people. This qualitative study attempts to look beyond the meta-narratives of conflict and brings out micro narratives of people’s lived experiences in a turmoil zone, radiating both at the inter-generational and intra-generational level, which is eclipsed in Kashmir.

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Mapping the Claims of History and Memory in Theorizing of the Kashmir Question

Shah

2021

South Asian Review

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Doing research in a ‘conflict zone’: history writing and archival (im) possibilities in Jammu and Kashmir

Cited by 4 publications

References 19 publications

Behind the Popular Narrative: Negotiating Life and Political Engagement in Conflicted Kashmir

Behind the Popular Narrative: Negotiating Life and Political Engagement in Conflicted Kashmir

Multilayered Consequences in a Turmoil Zone: A Study of Lived Experiences of Women in Jammu and Kashmir

Mapping the Claims of History and Memory in Theorizing of the Kashmir Question

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